Tuesday, March 29, 2005

"Among six to 12 year old children,
46.3% had caries experience in their
permanent teeth and 30.8% had
untreated permanent tooth decay. An
average of 2.9 permanent teeth had
caries experience among children with
caries experience."

"Among 13 to 19 year old adolescents,
82.0% had caries experience in their
permanent teeth and 54.6% had
untreated permanent tooth decay. An
average of 6.5 permanent teeth had
caries experience among adolescents
with caries experience."

"I visited a Western Slope health clinic for the very poor. Their doctor told me that virtually none of the children he treated had ever seen a dentist. Their poor dental health severely affected their overall health, causing them to have more general infections and illnesses, not to mention acute pain."

"The state reported in 2004 that a quarter of Colorado third-graders had untreated tooth decay."

"'Parents of children on infant formula should avoid mixing that (with fluoridated water) ... said Dr. Bruce Cooper, medical director at the Health District of Northern Larimer County and a member of the technical study group."

"If you have children and live in Chandler, chances are strong that they suffer from tooth decay.

That's because in Chandler, 65 percent of children experience tooth decay between the ages of 6 and 8 years old, according to the Arizona Department of Health. Most of these cases start at an earlier age and go unnoticed."

Friday, March 04, 2005

Four stories, organized dentistry and fluoride profiters would rather you didn’t see occurred this year:

1) A 51-year-old committed suicide by fluoridated toothpaste, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (1). They won’t release the who, what, where, when and why to us.

2) A 52-year-old women with a two-gallon, double-strength daily instant tea habit developed bone and joint pain and other abnormalities indicative of chronic fluoride toxicity or skeletal fluorosis. After breaking the tea habit her pain and discomfort alleviated. Tea is naturally high in fluoride and few doctors are trained to diagnose fluoride’s adverse effects (2).

3) Daily high-dose fluoride home therapy caused gastric distress, difficulty in swallowing, leg muscle and knee joint soreness, and general malaise in a patient, according to the Journal of the American Dental Association (3).

4) Elk drinking naturally high fluoridated water in Yellowstone Park die a decade sooner than they should (3a).